Welcome to the second part of Dom’s treatise on coffee. Here he talks all things moka – the history, the design, and the reasons you should own one. Grab a coffee and get comfortable. “Prodotto in Italia!” The Italians have good reason to be proud of the contributions they’ve made to the world, which isContinue reading “Coffee: The Little Machine”
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Polenta: A History
Every cuisine is built on a staple food – a starchy backdrop to the main event. It might be potatoes, rice, bread, or, if you’re from the north of Italy, polenta. Cheap, rib-sticking, and innately comforting, it is – as tradition dictates – the perfect starchy staple. Yet, ever since Elizabeth David introduced the UKContinue reading “Polenta: A History”
Babotie
For me, there is nothing as alluring as the combination of meat and fruit. Minced beef cooked with banana and grated apple in Chiles en Nogada; lamb studded with pomegranate and sweetened with currants in kefta meatballs; juicy apricots in a tagine. Perhaps I should have been born in Medieval England. Following the Crusade, the European raisin tradeContinue reading “Babotie”
To The Table 